Gabriel hired as New York Crain’s publisher, executive editor

Fred Gabriel is returning to Crain’s New York Business as publisher and executive editor.

A Crain’s New York story states, “Gabriel will oversee the content and business operations of the publication where he started his career.

“‘We are fortunate to recruit a news executive with Fred’s experience’ said Crain’s Group Publisher Mary Kramer. ‘He has deep relationships in the financial world that started when he covered banking as a reporter at Crain’s New York Business and were honed as he led the newsroom at Investment News. Our focus will be on strengthening our news coverage to broaden our New York audience. Fred also will work closely with the sales and marketing teams to ensure we are meeting clients’ needs and expectations.’

“Gabriel will be leaving his role as editorial director of Investment News.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.